Polokwane Home Affairs official arrested for selling birth certificates to foreigners
Provincial Hawks Spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke says the man sold birth certificates to their undercover police on numerous occasions.
A 48-year-old Home Affairs Official is expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18 November on charges of fraud and corruption following his arrest yesterday by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation Team, Review reports.
The man was arrested for allegedly selling birth certificates to foreign nationals.
“The Hawks received a tip-off that the Immigration Officer at the Polokwane Home Affairs branch, was selling birth certificates to foreign nationals for R6 000 each. The man sold birth certificates to our undercover police on numerous occasions,” says Spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke.
He added that an investigation to establish if the man is involved in other fraud and corrupt activities is underway and more arrests are expected.
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